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Users from before the current wave of Reddit refugees, how do you feel about the incoming monsoon of refugees? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Uncreativechap@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I imagine there's excitement for the increase of activity but worries about the potential toxic side of Reddit coming along too.

I'd especially be interested in the Lemmy devs' opinions.

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[–] alex@beehaw.org 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well:

I'm annoyed at calling people who dislike an app and choose another website "refugees"
I'm happy that we're going to have more activity
I hope more instances will be built and maintained, because I don't think the large number of new members can be moderated effectively if they keep flocking to the same handful of instances
When in doubt, I hope moderators will be too strict rather than not enough, especially in the beginning to make sure the behavioural expectations are very clear

[–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] alex@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

That's a good point, thanks for adding some nuance :)

[–] General_Butt_Naked@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hopefully it's moderated much less. Don't see how it wouldn't be since it would probably take more effort. The excessive, special interest driven moderation is what really killed reddit long before this api issue.

[–] Grander@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mods should have never been allowed to moderate more than like 3 subs at most.

[–] JasSmith@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. "Powermods" became a thing 10 years ago and it's been terrible for the site. Advertising companies pay teams of people to ensure subreddits remain advertiser friendly, and friendly to their portfolio of products. Reddit tolerates this because those moderators are free labour, keep the site clean, and post lots of "content." I'm hopeful that, if Lemmy takes off, federation will allow us to wall off obvious cases of abuse without administrators stepping in, as they have done again, and again, and again on Reddit.

[–] General_Butt_Naked@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Admins also strong armed mods/subs to enforce community guidelines and TOS that was clearly agenda driven

[–] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

just to emphasize your point there about calling people refugees. I always lurked reddit to the point of using libreddit only lately, and never felt the drive to contribute

with reddit's shenanigans, I found out about this place in one of the posts asking for alternatives and it's a whole different atmosphere and I feel more comfortable not lurking anymore

all this to say that I am here because of reddit's actions, but I'm not a refugee